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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, who knew we were so Brainy, after reading this, I rushed to check my phone messages.  No doubt I was out when they called."PARIS - Liberal deputy leader...

Garry Kasparov: Putin is Bad

Here is a piece, via The Other Russia, from the Wall Street Journal that is anti-Putin. " On Saturday, two days after being released from a Moscow jail, an editorial Garry Kasparov worked on while imprisoned...

Mikhail Gorbachev: Putin is Good

Here’s a piece from the International Herald Tribune that is pro-Putin. " A responsible leader By Mikhail Gorbachev Friday, November 30, 2007 Last month I visited the United States, where I spoke...

Russian police raid Kasparov website office: spokeswoman

"The coalition`s spokeswoman Lyudmila Mamina told AFP that the police did not proffer any explanations for the raid in the office housing the party`s website. "They had no documents, acted on the authority of some secret decree, so they could not say what it was about," she...

Russia in the Balance

Lots of bad things are going in the the (not so) former Soviet Union. Some of these things have been going on for some time now: crony “capitalism,” restriction of free speech, mysterious liquidations...

Kasparov named other Russia presidential candidate

""I will do everything possible for the ideas of Other Russia to win. This will work only if we stay united," he said, adding the coalition stood for a "democratic and just Russia." "I know that the road will be...

Kasparov Enters Russian Presidential Race (AP)

Well, it is sort of a chess game... Garry Kasparov has been eleced by his party, The Other Russia, to stand for president in the next election. The Other Russia will not, however, be able to field candidates for the Duma, Russia's representative body (similar to Britain's...

Largest ever anti-Putin rally in Russia

About 2,000 anti-Putin demonstrators, led by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, defied an official ban from the Kremlin and gathered at Pushkin Square in the centre of Moscow. The Kremlins response was to...

Kasparov Arrested at Kremlin Rally

The situation in Moscow is tense, as 9000 cops have been brought in to head off a massive anti-government rally."Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov was among about 170 people arrested as police moved against...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...
 

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